Alexandre Emanuel Louis de Bauffremont (27 April 1773 – 23 December 1833) was Prince-Duke of Bauffremont.
Prince Alexandre was born in Paris on 27 April 1773. He was a son of Joseph de Bauffremont, Prince of Listenois, and Princess Louise Bénigne de Bauffremont-Courtenay (a daughter of Louis de Bauffremont). Among his siblings were Hélène de Bauffremont-Courtenay (wife of Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier) and Hortense Geneviève Marie Anne de Bauffremont-Courtenay (wife of Pierre Jules de Ferrari and Joseph Augustin de Narbonne-Lara).
He emigrated to Koblenz on the French Revolution but rallied to Napoleon and accepted the title of comte de l'Empire. He was made a peer of France in 1815 by King Louis XVIII.
In 1787 he married Marie-Antoinette de Quélen de La Vauguyon, daughter of Paul François de Quelen de La Vauguyon. Together, they were the parents of:[1]
Bauffremont died on 23 December 1833.
Through his son Alphonse, he was a grandfather of Paul Antoine Jean Charles, Prince-Duke of Bauffremont-Courtenay (1827–1893), who married, and divorced, Countess Valentine de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, the younger daughter of Belgian diplomat and industrialist Joseph de Riquet de Caraman, 17th Prince de Chimay.[3] [4]
Through his son Théodore, he was a grandfather of Anne Antoine Gontran de Bauffremont-Courtenay (1822–1897), who married Noëmie d'Aubusson de La Feuillade.[2]